Are we to dress up the fantastic ideas some people entertain about this policy and that policy in the garb of British interests, and then, with a new and base idolatry, fall down and worship them?
Morley questions whether British interests should be defined by superficial policies rather than by ethical considerations.
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But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
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